Planter.



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J. T. GANTT.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 23. 1907.

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JAMES THOMAS GANTT, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

PLAN TER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed July 23, 1907- Serial No. 385,114:-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs THOMAS GANTT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, have invented an Improvement in Planters, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention is an improvement upon the cotton planter for which I have received Letters Patent of the United States, No. 394,848 dated December 18, 1888.

The improvements are embodied chiefly in the con struction of the castings or brackets attached to the frame, whereby I have greatly increased the strength and durability of the connections and correspondingly reduced the cost of manufacture of the planter.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts embodying my improvements are as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanyin g drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a planter with my improved attachments. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thefor ward casting or bracket constituting an attachment of the planter frame; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rear bracket also attached to the frame.

In Fig. 1, A indicates the hopper, B, one of the two horizontal bars attached to opposite sides of said hopper, and extending forward and constituting the frame of the planter. To the central portion of each of such bars 13, is attached a casting Dshow11 detached in Fig. 3the same being in the nature of a bracket serving for attachment of one of the two duplicate springs E, carrying the coverer F, and also as a bearing for the axle of. the running wheel G. Another castingand bracket H, shown detached in Fig. 2, is secured to, and connects, the front ends of the frame bars B.

In my patented planter before referred to, the end bracket H was secured to the bars B by means of two bolts, and the bracket D was secured to the springs E by two bolts, whereas, in my present improvement, I form a more secure and economical attachment by means of one bolt for each bracket, the same being indicated in Fig. 1, by cl and h, respectively. I provide the bracket D with a pocket or recess 01 on the under side and at the forward end, as shown best in Fig. 3s this being for reception of the end of a covering spring, E; and I provide the front bracket H with end pockets or recesses as shown at h Fig. 2, for reception of the ends of frame bars B. I thus not only dispense with a bolt and bolt hole in each case, but form a fastening which is stronger and much more secure and durable, besides effecting an important economy in the manufacture ofthe planter, since I do away with one bolt and bolt hole for each bracket. The parts may also be put together or taken apart more quickly than in the case of the original planter. Another advantage is that I avoid weakening the bracket D at a point near the journal hearing, which before rendered it liable to break at that point.

Further, in my original invention, I depended on a single square-shank bolt at d, to secure the bracket D to a side bar B; but. I now provide the bracket with a vertical hook d which engages the side bar B above and below and also supports the same laterally, as will be readily understood. This hook does not add materially to the cost of the casting D, while it renders its attachment to the frame firmer or more secure without impeding speedy application and removal of the bracket.

What I claim is:

1. In a planter, the combination, with the side bars or frame, the wheel, and springs for carrying a coverer, of the brackets secured to said bars and having bearings for the wheel, a bolt passing through the spring and the bracket near the rear end of the latter, the bracket having each an end pocket for reception of a spring, and a verti cal hook for engagement with the side bar, as shown and described.

2. In a planter, the combination, with the side bars, of the forward bracket having end pockets for reception of the ends of said bars, and a bolt passing through the bars and bracket near the rear end of the latter, as shown and described.

3. The improved bracket forming part of a planter attachment, which is constructed with an end pocket for reception of covering springs, a bolt hole near its rear end, and a vertical hook, as and for the purpose specified.

4. The improved bracket forming part of a planter attachment, which is constructedwith an end pocket for reception of covering springs, as shown and described.

7 The improved bracket forming part of the forward at tachment of a planter frame; the same having end pockets for reception of the frame bars, as shown and described.

JAMES THOMAS GANTT.

Witnesses E. TAYLOR, Jr., W. C. KILPATRICK. 

